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Salt Lake City, DPS finalize HB465 interagency agreement to address encampments and open‑air drug markets
Summary
Salt Lake City police described a two‑year interagency agreement with the Utah Department of Public Safety under HB 465 and detailed local enforcement, a 50‑person “connect list” of high utilizers, shifts in hotspots and service gaps for shelter and treatment.
Brian Redd, chief of the Salt Lake City Police Department, told the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee on Aug. 20 that Salt Lake City and the Utah Department of Public Safety completed an interagency agreement required by House Bill 465 and that it went into effect June 30 for two years. “The objective of the agreement is to, ensure that illegal encampments and open air drug markets are addressed in Salt Lake City,” Redd said. He described coordinated outcome measures tied to the state mitigation grant fund and said the city will monitor the mayor’s public safety plan and general crime trends. Redd outlined an operational effort the city calls the “connect…
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